Skyler Kisellus

In the 10 days leading up to NIU football’s midweek MACtion matchup, a common message was ‘let’s be us.” On Wednesday night in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the Huskies made it known who they were: a team that puts up 42 points on offense, registers three takeaways on defense and scores a kickoff return touchdown in a...

The final month of the regular season is upon us, which means the race for the Mid-American Conference Championship is heating up. The return of midweek MACtion saw conference frontrunner Western Michigan University (5-4, 4-1 MAC) fall by the hand of an NIU team that seemed certain to miss its shot at competing for a...

DeKALB – Redshirt junior defensive tackle Skyler Gill-Howard was in his first season at NIU the last time the University of Akron Zips paid a visit to Huskie Stadium. He didn’t play a snap that season, but he was there to get the experience of an embarrassing loss at home. In NIU’s 2022 season finale,...

DeKALB – NIU football overcame the cold, wind and rain at Huskie Stadium and racked up 439 yards of total offense to prevail over the University of Akron (2-8, 1-5 MAC) on Wednesday night. With the 29-16 victory, the Huskies (6-4, 3-3 MAC) are bowl eligible for the third time in four seasons. “Great win...

DeKALB – Coming off a win that made NIU bowl eligible for the third time in four seasons, the Huskies will be on the road for the final time of the regular season when they visit the reigning Mid-American Conference champion Miami University. The Huskies (6-4, 3-3 MAC) and RedHawks (6-4, 5-1 MAC) will meet...

It was only a year ago when James Ester was regularly tearing through opposing offensive lines as the leading man on NIU’s defense. His veteran experience made him a respected voice in the Huskies’ locker room. Now, Ester is back to being the rookie in the room as he lives out his lifelong dream of...

NIU football struggled in every phase of the game Tuesday night as the Huskies fell short against the Miami University RedHawks in a 20-9 loss at Fred C. Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio. With the loss, NIU failed to earn their first claim of the Mallory Cup – the trophy in its rivalry game with...

DeKALB – The NIU men's basketball team suffered its first home loss of the season Wednesday night after posting its worst shooting performance in two years in a 75-48 shortfall against Elon University at the Convocation Center.

DeKALB – The NIU football team will close out the regular season Saturday against longtime foe Central Michigan University as the largest senior class in team history prepares to play in front of the home crowd one last time.